Cristopher Ramos from Houston, TX and Jeremy Mitchell from Jacksonville, FL are both currently 6-2 in their quest to become the Ultimate Duelist. Ramos is the last remaining Dinosaur Duelist in the tournament, while Mitchell is one of the thirteen Pendulum Magician Duelists still in the tournament. Now, these two Duelists are Dueling against one another. Will the dominant Pendulum Magician strategy prevail in this Round 9 Feature Match, or will the lone Dino Duelist beat the odds? It’s time to Duel!

Duel One

Ramos opened up Duel 1 with Upstart Goblin, Soul Charge, Petiteranodon, Dark Hole, and Babycerasaurus.

He activated Upstart to draw Solemn Warning and give Mitchell 1000 Life Points. He Set Solemn Warning and then passed his turn.

Mitchell Normal Summoned Performapal Skullcrobat Joker and used its effect to add Purple Poison Magician to his hand. He attacked directly with his Skullcrobat Joker and then proceeded to Main Phase  2. He activated Purple Poison Magician in his Pendulum Zone and then Set a card to his back row.

Ramos drew Torrential Tribute. He Set Babycerasaurus and then activated Dark Hole to clear the field. He activated the effect of the Babycerasaurus in his Graveyard, but lost out to Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring. Ramos Set Torrential Tribute before passing his turn.

Mitchell Summoned another Skullcrobat Joker next turn and used its effect to add Double Iris Magician to his hand. He activated it in his second Pendulum Zone and then Pendulum Summoned a Skullcrobat Joker from his Extra Deck to his field. He attacked directly with both Skullcrobat Jokers, dropping Ramos down to 2600 Life Points. Next, Mitchell activated Time Pendulumgraph and used its effect to destroy his Double Iris Magician and Ramos’s face-down Torrential Tribute. Mitchell added Star Pendulumgraph to his hand with the effect of his Double Iris and activated it. Then, he activated Wisdom-Eye Magician in his Pendulum Zone and used its effect to replace it with Oafdragon Magician. He used the effect of Star Pendulumgraph to add Black Fang Magician to his hand and then used Oafdragon’s effect to add Double Iris to his hand. He combined his two Skullcrobat Jokers to try to Summon Abyss Dweller, but Ramos negated its Summon with Solemn Warning and dropped to 600 Life Points.

Ramos drew Terraforming! He activated it to add Dragonic Diagram to his hand, and then placed the Diagram in his Field Spell Zone. He tried to use the effect of the Diagram, but Mitchell Chained the effect of Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit to destroy the Diagram! Unable to resolve his Diagram’s effect, Ramos conceded.

Jeremy Mitchell takes a swift victory in Duel 1, as Cristopher Ramos struggles to piece together a field.

Duel Two

Ramos opened up Duel 2 with Torrential Tribute, Terraforming, Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, and 2 copies of True King Agnimazud, the Vanisher. He activated Terraforming to add Dragonic Diagram to his hand and then Set Torrential Tribute.

Mitchell activated Star Pendulumgraph and then placed Harmonizing Magician and Wisdom-Eye Magician in his Pendulum Zones.

He traded in his Wisdom-Eye for Purple Poison Magician and then Ramos tried to use the effect of Star Pendulumgraph, but lost out to Ash Blossom. Mitchell Pendulum Summoned Wisdom-Eye from his Extra Deck in Attack Position and attacked directly with it.

Ramos drew another Dragonic Diagram and activated its effect; but Mitchell destroyed it with Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit.

Mitchell attacked directly with Wisdom-Eye, dropping Ramos down to 5000 Life Points. He Set a card to his back row and passed.

Ramos drew Fossil Dig! He activated Dragonic Diagram and then used Fossil Dig to add Souleating Oviraptor to his hand. He Summoned it and used its effect to add Babycerasaurus to his hand. He used the effect of his Diagram next, but Mitchell Chained Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy it! Next, Ramos Special Summoned Agnimazud by destroying a Babycerasaurus and another Agnimazud from his hand, and Mitchell Chained Maxx “C” to draw a card. Mitchell drew Ash Blossom off of Maxx “C”, and used it to negate Babycerasaurus’s effect. Agnimazud attacked and destroyed Wisdom-Eye, triggering the effect of Star Pendulumgraph and allowing Mitchell to add Black Fang Magician to his hand. Finally, Souleating Oviraptor attacked directly, dropping Mitchell down to 4800 Life Points.

Mitchell activated Pendulum Call, discarding Harmonizing Magician to add Black Fang Magician and Harmonizing Magician to his hand. He declared a Pendulum Summon of 4 monsters: Wisdom-Eye from his Extra Deck, and 2 Black Fangs and a Harmonizing Magician from his hand. He used the effect of Harmonizing Magician to Special Summon Double Iris Magician from his Deck in Defense Position. Next, Mitchell Tuned Harmonizing Magician with Wisdom-Eye Magician to Synchro Summon Ignister Prominance, the Blasting Dracoslayer. He used the Star Pendulumgraph’s effect, and Ramos Chained Torrential Tribute to clear the field. Mitchell added Wisdom-Eye Magician to his hand with the effect of Star Pendulumgraph. Mitchell activated the effects of his Double Iris Magician and Black Fang Magician to add Time Pendulumgraph to his hand with the effect of Double Iris and Special Summon Harmonizing Magician from the Graveyard with Black Fang’s effect. Next, Mitchell Normal Summoned Harmonizing Magician and combined it with Wisdom-Eye to Xyz Summon Timestar Magician. He used its effect to add Black Fang Magician from his Extra Deck to his hand. Timestar Magician attacked directly, dropping Ramos down to 2600 Life Points.

Ramos drew Dragonic Diagram next turn and conceded, unable to survive another turn.

Jeremy Mitchell takes a swift 2-0 victory in Round 9 to advance with a 7-2 record using his Pendulum Magicians! He’s just a couple of wins away from making the Top 8!